Special Motorsports Event - Conor Daly's Indycar Test - Q &
A

Sebring, Dec. 18, 2012: American Conor Daly impressed AJ Foyt and many
others in his first Indycar test in Sebring, Florida on Thursday, December
13th. Daly participated in day three of Indycar's three day series test
along with 14 other drivers.

It was an opportunity for Daly to experience an Indycar for the first
time and for the Foyt Team to look at how Daly would perform in that
environment. Over the course of the day, Daly completed 120 trouble-free
laps.

Q: Your first Indycar test went very well - how did this test come
about?

A: I had a few conversations with Larry Foyt off and on over the last
couple months and I received a call from him while I was racing in India
and he asked if I wanted to test. Of course that was an easy question to
answer!

Q: What were your impressions of the car compared to other cars you have
driven?

A: I thought it was a fantastic car to drive. It was not as difficult as
I thought it would be to get used to but the AJ Foyt Racing team made it as
easy as possible to get comfortable with the car. It had a nice bit of
power and the brakes were incredible, a lot of fun overall!

Q: What was it like to work with AJ Foyt?

A: AJ is awesome to work with, he is a true racer. He loves everything
about motor sports. I really enjoyed being a part of such a legendary team,
working with AJ and the rest of his group of guys.

Q: Were you surprised that there was so much interest in your test from
the media?

A: I'm not really sure. I never know how people will respond to what I
do so in the end it was just nice to receive a lot of comments on how
excited they were to see me in an Indycar.

Q: This year you have won in GP3, tested a Formula One car, won races in
India and tested an Indycar - that's quite a variety in one season. What
was that like?

A: It has been a very cool year. I've been very fortunate to get the
opportunities that I've had and I'm very thankful.

Q: What's your plan for next year?

A: I don't know at the moment. It would be nice to know before Christmas
but I've never had the pleasure of being comfortably signed before
Christmas so it's nothing new!

Q: What has the benefit been to racing in Europe for the past two
years?

A: It has been the toughest environment in the world to race in so I
have been learning at an incredible rate. As a driver who is trying to
develop into the best driver I can be, Europe is the best place to do
it.

Q: Why is it so hard for an American to succeed in Europe?

A: One of the difficult things is really just finding the funding to do
it. These days more and more drivers are coming with huge budgets which
then allows the team to not worry about trying to find some team sponsors
to support the drivers that they want to run. Also, when you race in Europe
it's a big commitment and you can't just do it for a year. If you want to
get to F1 you have to be racing there as much as possible.

Q: When you were in Austin for the Formula One race, did you sense that
Formula One cares about having an American driver?

A: There were definitely a lot of people there who were really excited
about seeing an American in F1 in the near future. It would be nice to have
someone waving the American flag in the Formula 1 world again.

Q: Were you surprised when you saw the track in Austin?

A: I was definitely surprised, it is an incredible facility. Without a
doubt it is one of the best in the world.

Q: Do you get more autographs requested from Europe or America?

A: I don't really know honestly. It's hard to say, just depends on where
I am.

Q: You just turned 21 - still very young - do you think your career is
progressing as you would want?

A: It is weird, I feel old. I think it's because I've always chosen to
hang with older people and since I have a lot of friends in Indycar I just
really feel like it is taking me too long to get to the top level of racing
because I want to do battle with the guys at the top, whether that be F1 or
Indycar. But in reality, I've got to be patient because I'm still learning
and you don't want to jump into something you can't handle at too young of
an age.

Q: If you were to guess right now - where do you see yourself racing in
2013?

A: Somewhere!

Daly finished 6th in this years GP3 championship with five podium
finishes including a win in Barcelona in May.